During the last two weeks of May, I had the privilege of traveling to Ireland with students, faculty and staff representing University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Health Professions & McAuley School of Nursing. My role as the interim vice president for Mission Integration was to reflect upon how …
UDM’s longtime professor of Biology Fr. R. Gerard Albright, S.J., died Sept. 22 at the Colombiere Jesuit Community in Clarkston, Mich. He was 97 and had been with the University for more than 60 years. “In the course of this year, the Detroit Jesuit Community now mourns the death of …
Throughout the school year, Pat Higo fields calls for photos and other materials as an archives and special collections librarian at University of Detroit Mercy. But there’s a specific collection Higo receives more requests for than any other and it’s been part of the University’s legacy for decades. “At least …
On Nov. 8, the University lost one of its most cherished Jesuits, Fr. Gerald “Jerry” F. Cavanagh, S.J. He was 91. Fr. Cavanagh was a welcoming and friendly face on the McNichols Campus for 42 years. He welcomed students, staff and faculty alike with an open ear, a 100-watt smile …
Jesuit Fathers Xavier Jeyaraj and Ted Penton will offer two brief panel presentations on Jesuit efforts in social justice and ecology from a global and national perspective followed by a discussion on the Detroit context. The first discussion is from 10-11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, both virtually as well as in-person in Room 139 of …
Second-year student Daniel Zeppa finds peace in a print hanging on the wall of his room in West Quad on the McNichols Campus. It depicts Jesus and two disciples walking toward a city on a path carved among very tall trees. The sun shines through the leaves. Though he doesn’t …
Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, special assistant to the president on Mission Integration at Detroit Mercy is doing her part to help the University community find comfort during the COVID-19 pandemic by organizing this series of video reflections. While this year’s entrance into Easter has not brought us out of the darkness cast …
Assistant to the President for Mission Integration Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos is organizing a series of reflections from students, faculty and staff during the coronavirus crisis. We thought alumni might like to read them, too and will share these as they are available. To keep up on the University’s response to the …
This Easter season begins in an extraordinary time, and Detroit Mercy’s Jesuit community has taken steps to ensure you are able to keep your focus on Christ’s passion and not on the pandemic that is keeping us all apart. Join the Detroit Jesuit community on Facebook and Instagram as they …
We may be in the middle of a pandemic, but life goes on. Detroit Mercy’s Marketing & Communications Team is collecting stories of the many inspiring and heartwarming ways our alumni, students and other members of the University community are responding. In the series we are calling “Snapshots of a …
